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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Riley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Craig Michael Mathie, White Lake Township, MI (US);
Kevin Wujcik, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William Frederick Sanderson, Jr., Commerce Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04303 (2016.01); H01M 8/04746 (2016.01); H01M 8/04701 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04303 (2016.02); H01M 8/04701 (2013.01); H01M 8/04746 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a fuel cell having a stack for generating power and a controller. The controller is programmed to, in response to a fuel cell temperature decreasing to less than a temperature threshold after a shutdown, initiate a primary purge of the stack and terminate the primary purge at a predetermined anode pressure.